Summer Reading Lists

We all love booklists – over at The Bookshop Blog, Nora O’Neill has posted a summer reading list, a compilation from various high schools in Connecticut. I post here just the books listed – see the full post for her commentary on each title. [I was especially pleased to see my two favorite books on the list : The Grapes of Wrath and Pride and Prejudice!] – there is hope in the land!

John Steinbeck: The Grapes of Wrath [“This is by far the runaway winner for reading assignments. Big surprise with it being about the Great Depression. East of Eden and Of Mice and Men also made it onto the list this year. Several years ago, the only Steinbeck to make it onto the lists was Travels With Charlie”]

Ellison: Invisible Man

Mark Haddon: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime

John Irving: A Prayer for Owen Meany

Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice [“Jane Austen seems to be a hot topic of late, spawning various modern… variations. The most bizarre of these is Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which I did actually see on one reading list.”]